Beware The Robots

Your Privacy Policy: Plan Ahead or Your Opt-in and Customer Lists May be in Jeopardy

Sat, 19 May 2012 01:09:09 -0700

Copyright © Chip CooperI talk to clients all the time about not falling into the trap of believing that their privacy policy is really nothing but a lot of fluff, filled with vague, self-serving statements such as "we respect your privacy".It's actually way more than that; it's viewed as an enforceable contract by the Federal Trade Commission FTC, and as such it may be construed against you and subject you to substantial liability.It's critical that you plan ahead... anticipate the future needs of your ecommerce business in terms of your marketing needs and related requirements of collecting, storing, and using information collected from site visitors. Failure to do so may jeopardize your most important assets -- your opt-in and customer lists.The Toysmart CaseToysmart was an online seller of children's toys. In , Toysmart's privacy policy was explicit; it stated unequivocally that the company would not share personal information of customers with any third pa...

The need to clear your browser's cache

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:14:12 -0700

The idea behind clearing your browser's cache is simple, cache equates to space and every computer needs as much space as physically possible in order to operate at its optimum performance. Speed is the key to the kind of computer human relationship that prevents irritation. Clearing your browser's cache is straightforward and should be carried out regularly.How straightforward is clearing your browser's cache? This example uses Explorer to describe how to clear a cache but anticipate that the majority of browsers will follow the same processes. -- Open Explorer and go directly to the TOOLS menu, click Internet Options.-- After the Internet Options screen opens go to the GENERAL tab.-- In the GENERAL tab, the second category down is called 'Temporary Internet Files', click Delete Files. Doing so removes all the files currently stored in the cache.-- Click OK, and then click OK again.Remembering to clear your browser's cache regularly can be delegated to your browser. It is po...

KIDS BEWARE ON THE INTERNET

Thu, 17 May 2012 01:13:19 -0700

There are a lot of fun and educational things for children to doon the Internet. There are also a lot of people and web sites,so you need to be careful about where you do your surfing. It'sa rosy world out there and there's bubbling excitement to enterinto a Chat Room or log on to a Messenger Program and interactwith people and E-mail them too. Here are some rules to rememberwhenever you are online. Do not give out any personal information such as address,telephone number, the name and location of your school, or thework address telephone number of your parents, withoutpermission from your parents Do not respond in any way to messages that are mean or thatmake you feel uncomfortable. Ignore the sender and end allcommunication. It is not your fault if you get a message likethat and if you do, tell your parents right away so that theycan contact the service provider. Do not to click on any links that are contained in e-mail fromanyone you don't know. Such links cou...

The Internet

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:11:28 -0700

The earlier discussion of speed spoke casually about computersexchanging data over the Internet. Thus one might imagine thatthe Internet is a massive network similar to that used fortelephone communications, except with computer-to-computerconnections instead of telephone-to-telephone connections. Anytwo computers connected to the Internet can establish acommunication link between them via telephone lines. TheInternet is more that a network of computers.It actually is anetwork of networks.Internet stands for internetworkednetworks.Computer networks have been around for decades. Thefirst were geographically close to one another often within asingle building and they were called local area networkLAN,these networks were used by large companies for in-house dataprocessing long before the arrival of the Internet. LANs wereused for administrative, educational and researchpurposes.Libraries used LANs to hold their catalogs.In time,university research LANs and commercial LAN...

Optimize Your Computer For Peak Performance

Tue, 15 May 2012 01:14:25 -0700

Is your computer running slower than ever? Does it crash a lot? If so it might be because advertisers have loaded it up with Spyand Adaware without your knowledge. "Spyware" is a common term for files that are installed on yoursystem that allow companies to monitor your Internet activity. "Adaware" is software that will show you pop up ads over andover. These files can be extremely dangerous to your PC andcould cause major problems. They track the websites you visit, items that you buy online,the emails you send and your Instant Message dialogues. In aworst case scenario they can even record your credit cardnumber, personal identification numbers, and all of yourpasswords. I know all of this because I learned the hard way. Fortunately,I never had any personal data stolen, at least that I'm awareof. But every now and then, when least expected, my computerwould crash, sometimes resulting in days of lost activity andincome. It seems like I spent a small fortune fixing on...